urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-4d3ff0dc-72bf-4683-a261-0cb62dd77951Digital Data ConnectorWebSphere Portal 8.0.0.1 introduces the new Digital Data Connector (DDC) framework. You can use the Digitat Data Connector to integrate data from external data sources on your portal pages by using IBM Web Content Manager presentation components. Extern030132016-11-03T05:35:25-04:00IBM Connections - Blogsurn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-5bbdd89a-62c4-42b6-b5d0-158fdabc5652New DDC tutorials availableMatthias_Falkenberg060001S5C2activefalse8422279e-6fe9-4534-9ea2-25f87e45434dComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2016-11-02T13:55:02-04:002016-11-02T13:55:02-04:00<p dir="ltr">The following three tutorials are now available for you to take a peek:</p>
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<p dir="ltr"><a _ic_files_uuid="99c5cf41-eb2f-44a8-8906-e1a19739df4c" _ic_source="files" href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/files/form/anonymous/api/library/6653a2bb-6c4a-4c05-baf6-ac295dff9882/document/99c5cf41-eb2f-44a8-8906-e1a19739df4c/media/Tutorial%20-%20DDC%20and%20CaaS%20Basics.zip" style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" target="_blank" title="Download Tutorial - DDC and CaaS Basics.zip"><img aria-hidden="true" class="lconn-ftype16 lconn-ftype16-zip" src="//1.www.s81c.com/i/c.gif"></img><strong>Tutorial - DDC and CaaS Basics.zip</strong></a><span aria-hidden="true" class="lotusDivider" role="img" style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">|</span><a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/groups/service/html/communityview?communityUuid=8422279e-6fe9-4534-9ea2-25f87e45434d#fullpageWidgetId=Waef3f9c5fef8_4f5e_ac02_a22e30c14d09&amp;file=99c5cf41-eb2f-44a8-8906-e1a19739df4c" style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" target="_blank" title="View details of Tutorial - DDC and CaaS Basics.zip">View Details</a></p>
<p dir="ltr"><a _ic_files_uuid="28a8f9a0-48e1-4df5-a1b6-69a95dccfc78" _ic_source="files" href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/files/form/anonymous/api/library/6653a2bb-6c4a-4c05-baf6-ac295dff9882/document/28a8f9a0-48e1-4df5-a1b6-69a95dccfc78/media/Tutorial%20-%20Commerce%20Integration%20-%20requires%20Commerce%20integration%20setup.pdf" target="_blank" title="Download Tutorial - Commerce Integration - requires Commerce integration setup.pdf"><img aria-hidden="true" class="lconn-ftype16 lconn-ftype16-pdf" src="//1.www.s81c.com/i/c.gif"></img><strong>Tutorial - Commerce Integration - requires Commerce integration setup.pdf</strong></a><span aria-hidden="true" class="lotusDivider" role="img">|</span><a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/groups/service/html/communityview?communityUuid=8422279e-6fe9-4534-9ea2-25f87e45434d#fullpageWidgetId=Waef3f9c5fef8_4f5e_ac02_a22e30c14d09&amp;file=28a8f9a0-48e1-4df5-a1b6-69a95dccfc78" target="_blank" title="View details of Tutorial - Commerce Integration - requires Commerce integration setup.pdf">View Details</a></p>
<p dir="ltr"><a _ic_files_uuid="59ce32b0-1675-45c4-976d-d3c6355a56b8" _ic_source="files" href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/files/form/anonymous/api/library/6653a2bb-6c4a-4c05-baf6-ac295dff9882/document/59ce32b0-1675-45c4-976d-d3c6355a56b8/media/Tutorial%20-%20Social%20Portal%20-%20requires%20Connections%20integration%20setup.pdf" target="_blank" title="Download Tutorial - Social Portal - requires Connections integration setup.pdf"><img aria-hidden="true" class="lconn-ftype16 lconn-ftype16-pdf" src="//1.www.s81c.com/i/c.gif"></img><strong>Tutorial - Social Portal - requires Connections integration setup.pdf</strong></a><span aria-hidden="true" class="lotusDivider" role="img">|</span><a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/groups/service/html/communityview?communityUuid=8422279e-6fe9-4534-9ea2-25f87e45434d#fullpageWidgetId=Waef3f9c5fef8_4f5e_ac02_a22e30c14d09&amp;file=59ce32b0-1675-45c4-976d-d3c6355a56b8" target="_blank" title="View details of Tutorial - Social Portal - requires Connections integration setup.pdf">View Details</a></p>
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<p dir="ltr">Just note that only the first one is self contained. The other two assume a working integration with WebSphere Commerce and IBM Connections as well as an installation of the <a href="https://greenhouse.lotus.com/plugins/plugincatalog.nsf/assetDetails.xsp?action=editDocument&amp;documentId=AE6F6BD5C26F59C5852580040037B2D6&amp;cm_mc_uid=03250499544214780782611&amp;cm_mc_sid_50200000=1478105297" target="_blank">IBM&nbsp;WebSphere&nbsp;Commerce&nbsp;Components&nbsp;for&nbsp;Digital&nbsp;Experience</a>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<a href="https://greenhouse.lotus.com/plugins/plugincatalog.nsf/assetDetails.xsp?action=editDocument&amp;documentId=666D72234CA1D57685257CEE0050009A&amp;cm_mc_uid=03250499544214780782611&amp;cm_mc_sid_50200000=1478105297" target="_blank">IBM&nbsp;Social&nbsp;Rendering&nbsp;Templates&nbsp;for&nbsp;Digital&nbsp;Data&nbsp;Connector</a>, respectively.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Enjoy!</p>The following three tutorials are now available for you to take a peek: &nbsp; Tutorial - DDC and CaaS Basics.zip | View Details Tutorial - Commerce Integration - requires Commerce integration setup.pdf | View Details Tutorial - Social Portal - requires...101330urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-4d3ff0dc-72bf-4683-a261-0cb62dd77951Digital Data Connector2016-11-03T05:35:25-04:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-d27fbde5-312c-4d26-bc7d-b432d43fa9a1Integrating WebSphere Commerce using the Digital Data Connector framework #2Matthias_Falkenberg060001S5C2activefalseMatthias_Falkenberg060001S5C2activefalse8422279e-6fe9-4534-9ea2-25f87e45434dComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2016-08-10T12:02:47-04:002016-08-10T12:03:39-04:00<p dir="ltr">A little over a year ago, we released an easy to use Digital Data Connector (DDC) sample to integrate WebSphere Commerce and IBM Digital Experience (specifically WebSphere Portal and IBM Web Content Manager). You can read about it here: <strong><a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/8422279e-6fe9-4534-9ea2-25f87e45434d/entry/integrating_websphere_commerce_using_the_digital_data_connector_framework?lang=en" target="_blank">Integrating&nbsp;WebSphere&nbsp;Commerce&nbsp;using&nbsp;the&nbsp;Digital&nbsp;Data&nbsp;Connector&nbsp;framework</a></strong></p>
<p dir="ltr">Today, we are happy to announce a whole new maturity level of that integration. Last year&#39;s <strong><a href="https://openntf.org/main.nsf/project.xsp?r=project/WebSphere%20Commerce%20Sample%20for%20IBM%20Digital%20Data%20Connector%20in%20WebSphere%20Portal/summary" target="_blank">IBM&nbsp;WebSphere&nbsp;Commerce&nbsp;Sample</a></strong> has evolved to become <strong><a href="https://greenhouse.lotus.com/plugins/plugincatalog.nsf/assetDetails.xsp?action=editDocument&amp;documentId=AE6F6BD5C26F59C5852580040037B2D6&amp;Login" target="_blank">IBM&nbsp;WebSphere&nbsp;Commerce&nbsp;Components&nbsp;for&nbsp;Digital&nbsp;Experience</a></strong>. You can drag and drop those components onto your portal pages from the portal site toolbar and they will pull data from your Commerce server right to your portal site.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Compared to the earlier sample, the new IBM WebSphere Commerce Components add:</p>
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<li>Improved caching capabilities</li>
<li>Shared session between Digital Experience and Commerce pages</li>
<li>Preview Commerce workspaces before publishing</li>
<li>Commerce content in multiple locales</li>
<li>User experience enhancements for authoring</li>
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<p dir="ltr">Apart from those new features, the team also updated and improved the documentation. It is far more comprehensive now!</p>
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<li><a href="https://greenhouse.lotus.com/plugins/plugincatalog.nsf/assetDetails.xsp?action=editDocument&amp;documentId=AE6F6BD5C26F59C5852580040037B2D6" target="_blank">IBM&nbsp;WebSphere&nbsp;Commerce&nbsp;Components&nbsp;for&nbsp;Digital&nbsp;Experience&nbsp;download</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReEEYBduNJs" target="_blank">YouTube&nbsp;video&nbsp;showing&nbsp;the&nbsp;previous&nbsp;integration&nbsp;sample&nbsp;in&nbsp;action</a></li>
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<p dir="ltr">&nbsp;</p>A little over a year ago, we released an easy to use Digital Data Connector (DDC) sample to integrate WebSphere Commerce and IBM Digital Experience (specifically WebSphere Portal and IBM Web Content Manager). You can read about it here: Integrating&nbsp;WebSph...001660urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-4d3ff0dc-72bf-4683-a261-0cb62dd77951Digital Data Connector2016-11-03T05:35:25-04:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-634b5003-1f82-4896-8864-b01e02c7d422Integrating Domino databases into IBM WebSphere Portal with DDCMatthias_Falkenberg060001S5C2activefalse8422279e-6fe9-4534-9ea2-25f87e45434dComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2016-02-17T07:41:26-05:002016-02-17T07:41:26-05:00<p dir="ltr">Our DDC journey continues with another great <a href="https://developer.ibm.com/digexp/docs/docs/integration/ddc-domino-integration/" target="_blank">integration sample</a>! This time, you will learn about the use of the DDC framework to connect to a Domino database and integrate its data into IBM WebSphere Portal.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Even if you are not that much into Domino, t</span>his all new sample is a fantastic DDC learning exercise, because it <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">explains two different approaches for using DDC:</span>&nbsp;</p>
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<li><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.5714px;">The first part gives you heaps of details on the implementation of a custom DDC plugin that uses the Java API of a Domino server.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.5714px;">The second part uses the </span><a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/8422279e-6fe9-4534-9ea2-25f87e45434d/entry/JSON_support_in_DDC_and_new_DDC_slide_deck?lang=en" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.5714px;" target="_blank">JSON&nbsp;support&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;DDC&nbsp;framework</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.5714px;"> and loads the remote data via Domino REST service.</span></li>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.5714px;">In addition, both approaches support a paging mechanism to present only clear subsets of data to the end user.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.5714px;">Links</span></strong></p>
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<li><a href="https://developer.ibm.com/digexp/docs/docs/integration/ddc-domino-integration/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">IBM developerWorks article&nbsp;</span>including a link to the OpenNTF download page</a></li>
<li><a href="https://developer.ibm.com/digexp/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2016/02/Docu-DDC-Domino-Sample.pdf" target="_blank">PDF of the <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">IBM developerWorks article</span></a></li>
<li><a href="https://openntf.org/main.nsf/project.xsp?r=project/Domino%20Database%20Integration%20with%20IBM%20Digital%20Data%20Connector/summary" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">OpenNTF&nbsp;download&nbsp;page&nbsp;including&nbsp;the&nbsp;sample&nbsp;code</span></a></li>
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<p dir="ltr">&nbsp;</p>Our DDC journey continues with another great integration sample ! This time, you will learn about the use of the DDC framework to connect to a Domino database and integrate its data into IBM WebSphere Portal. Even if you are not that much into Domino, t his...201953urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-4d3ff0dc-72bf-4683-a261-0cb62dd77951Digital Data Connector2016-11-03T05:35:25-04:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-616bb373-912a-410e-b812-0107fe58d1e4JSON support in DDC and new DDC slide deck!Matthias_Falkenberg060001S5C2activefalse8422279e-6fe9-4534-9ea2-25f87e45434dComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2015-10-22T09:07:07-04:002015-10-22T09:07:07-04:00<p dir="ltr">&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">When we released the Digital Data Connector framework with its built-in support for XML, people kept asking us about a generic JSON support. Since IBM WebSphere Portal V8.5 CF06, you can also consume JSON via DDC!</p>
<p dir="ltr">It goes without saying that we also documented the JSON support in the knowledge center. You will find it here: <a href="http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSHRKX_8.5.0/mp/social/plrf_intgrt_rmt_json.dita">http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSHRKX_8.5.0/mp/social/plrf_intgrt_rmt_json.dita</a></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span id="widget-container-fullpage" style="visibility: visible; display: block;">In addition, we just uploaded the latest version of the <a _ic_files_uuid="9707f864-7a08-4766-a87a-eb394b5f3c68" _ic_source="files" href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/files/form/anonymous/api/library/6653a2bb-6c4a-4c05-baf6-ac295dff9882/document/9707f864-7a08-4766-a87a-eb394b5f3c68/media/Digital%20Data%20Connector.pdf" target="_blank" title="Download Digital Data Connector.pdf"><img aria-hidden="true" class="lconn-ftype16 lconn-ftype16-pdf" src="//1.www.s81c.com/i/c.gif"></img><strong>Digital Data Connector.pdf</strong></a><span aria-hidden="true" class="lotusDivider" role="img">|</span><a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/groups/service/html/communityview?communityUuid=8422279e-6fe9-4534-9ea2-25f87e45434d#fullpageWidgetId=Waef3f9c5fef8_4f5e_ac02_a22e30c14d09&amp;file=9707f864-7a08-4766-a87a-eb394b5f3c68" target="_blank" title="View details of Digital Data Connector.pdf">View Details</a> that we presented at the IBM Digital Experience Conference 2015 in Dublin last week. It also includes information on the generic JSON support and a few more samples that demonstrate the power of the DDC framework.</span></p>&nbsp; When we released the Digital Data Connector framework with its built-in support for XML, people kept asking us about a generic JSON support. Since IBM WebSphere Portal V8.5 CF06, you can also consume JSON via DDC! It goes without saying that we also...303206urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-4d3ff0dc-72bf-4683-a261-0cb62dd77951Digital Data Connector2016-11-03T05:35:25-04:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-65437fac-d7d9-4d11-89d1-7a8ac909ea3cBusiness Process Manager Sample for DDCMatthias_Falkenberg060001S5C2activefalse8422279e-6fe9-4534-9ea2-25f87e45434dComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2015-07-23T10:29:48-04:002015-07-23T10:29:48-04:00<p dir="ltr">The <strong>IBM Digital Data Connector</strong> is a very powerful integration framework in IBM WebSphere Portal and Web Content Manager. We know that much for quite a while now. In this very spirit, a team of IBMers has just released an integration sample for <strong>IBM Business Process Manager</strong> (BPM).</p>
<p dir="ltr">Just as some of the other samples that we mentioned in this blog in May (see also <em>Integrating WebSphere Commerce using the Digital Data Connector framework</em>), you can <strong>download this new&nbsp;</strong><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><strong>sample&nbsp;</strong>from&nbsp;</span><a href="http://openntf.org/main.nsf/project.xsp?r=project/Business%20Process%20Manager%20Sample%20for%20IBM%20Digital%20Data%20Connector%20in%20WebSphere%20Portal" style="line-height: 1.5;">http://openntf.org/main.nsf/project.xsp?r=project/Business%20Process%20Manager%20Sample%20for%20IBM%20Digital%20Data%20Connector%20in%20WebSphere%20Portal</a><span style="line-height: 1.5;">.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Enjoy this new and exciting example of DDC-based backend integration!</span></p>The IBM Digital Data Connector is a very powerful integration framework in IBM WebSphere Portal and Web Content Manager. We know that much for quite a while now. In this very spirit, a team of IBMers has just released an integration sample for IBM Business...203495urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-4d3ff0dc-72bf-4683-a261-0cb62dd77951Digital Data Connector2016-11-03T05:35:25-04:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-68cca077-fd3a-485c-80a1-697e1c7a1b55Update 2 of the IBM Social Rendering Templates for Digital Data ConnectorMatthias_Falkenberg060001S5C2activefalse8422279e-6fe9-4534-9ea2-25f87e45434dComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2015-05-08T07:36:32-04:002015-05-08T07:36:32-04:00<p dir="ltr" style="margin: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; padding-top: 0px !important;">
A fairly comprehensive example for the use of the Digital Data Connector framework is what we call Social Rendering. With IBM WebSphere Portal, you get this integration of IBM Connections into your portal site out-of-the-box. Additionally, we have released the <a href="https://greenhouse.lotus.com/plugins/plugincatalog.nsf/assetDetails.xsp?action=editDocument&amp;documentId=666D72234CA1D57685257CEE0050009A" target="_blank">IBM&nbsp;Social&nbsp;Rendering&nbsp;Templates&nbsp;for&nbsp;Digital&nbsp;Data&nbsp;Connector&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;IBM&nbsp;Solutions&nbsp;Catalog</a>&nbsp;in 2014 to extend the social integration beyond the built-in Social Rendering capabilties.</p>
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This month, we have released <strong>Update 2 of the templates</strong>. It includes the following minor changes:</p>
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Update of XmlAccess deployment scripts that create the social rendering portlets to reference the oneUI theme module capability.</li>
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Documentation update with regard to the oneUI theme module capability prerequisite and to the formatting.</li>
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A fairly comprehensive example for the use of the Digital Data Connector framework is what we call Social Rendering. With IBM WebSphere Portal, you get this integration of IBM Connections into your portal site out-of-the-box. Additionally, we have released the...102449urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-4d3ff0dc-72bf-4683-a261-0cb62dd77951Digital Data Connector2016-11-03T05:35:25-04:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-1602fcb3-e293-439e-a0e1-9d73b46ce5a0Integrating WebSphere Commerce using the Digital Data Connector frameworkMatthias_Falkenberg060001S5C2activefalseMatthias_Falkenberg060001S5C2activefalse8422279e-6fe9-4534-9ea2-25f87e45434dComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2015-05-08T07:18:00-04:002015-05-08T07:37:57-04:00<p dir="ltr">
You might already know how versatile the Digital Data Connector for WebSphere Portal truly is and what benefits it gives you. In the past we have seen many different integration stories. For example, the integration of data from:</p>
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Connections (also known as <a href="http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSHRKX_8.5.0/mp/social/soc_rendr_ovu.dita" target="_blank">out-of-the-box</a> and <a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/8422279e-6fe9-4534-9ea2-25f87e45434d/entry/ibm_social_rendering_templates_for_digital_data_connector_available?lang=en" target="_blank">extension</a>&nbsp;of Social Rendering),</li>
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<a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/groups/service/html/communityview?communityUuid=8422279e-6fe9-4534-9ea2-25f87e45434d#fullpageWidgetId=Waef3f9c5fef8_4f5e_ac02_a22e30c14d09&amp;file=ff4fab82-fcbb-49f9-a28d-f6ca250669f0" target="_blank">Flickr</a>,</li>
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<a href="http://openntf.org/main.nsf/project.xsp?r=project/Files%20Sample%20for%20IBM%20Digital%20Data%20Connector%20in%20WebSphere%20Portal" target="_blank">Local&nbsp;file system</a>,</li>
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<a href="http://openntf.org/main.nsf/project.xsp?r=project/RSS%20Sample%20for%20IBM%20Digital%20Data%20Connector%20in%20WebSphere%20Portal/summary" target="_blank">RSS&nbsp;Feeds</a>,</li>
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<a href="https://developer.ibm.com/digexp/docs/docs/integration/crmddc/" target="_blank">Salesforce&nbsp;Sales&nbsp;Cloud</a>, and</li>
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Twitter.</li>
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What you can see in an <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReEEYBduNJs" target="_blank">all&nbsp;new&nbsp;video&nbsp;on&nbsp;Youtube</a></strong> is another exciting example. Watch how Bryan Daniel (IBM) creates a bike shop with <strong>WebSphere Portal and WebSphere Commerce</strong> using the Digital Data Connector framework.</p>
You might already know how versatile the Digital Data Connector for WebSphere Portal truly is and what benefits it gives you. In the past we have seen many different integration stories. For example, the integration of data from: Connections (also known as...102618urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-4d3ff0dc-72bf-4683-a261-0cb62dd77951Digital Data Connector2016-11-03T05:35:25-04:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-1ebc902d-354d-432c-93c8-3c69e378e503Reading the Portal REST tagging API with DDCPeter Grauvogel270001BTT9activefalsePeter Grauvogel270001BTT9activefalse8422279e-6fe9-4534-9ea2-25f87e45434dComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2014-11-10T07:25:51-05:002014-11-10T07:28:29-05:00<p dir="ltr">
In one of my recent projects we had a requirement where a user should have the possibility to save &quot;favourites&quot;. In our case the item that the user should &quot;save&quot; was a WCM content item.&nbsp;</p>
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To implement that functionality we decided to use the tagging feature of WebSphere Portal. Since we wanted to avoid custom coding and at at the same time business users needed to be able to change the setup easily we chose to leverage the Portal Tagging REST API and use DDC to display the data.</p>
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<strong>Getting started</strong></p>
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The ATOM feed we wanted to parse is the following:</p>
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/wps/mycontenthandler?uri=rm:empty?tmparam=tm:name:<strong>favorite</strong>&amp;scope=<strong>PERSONAL</strong></p>
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Our goal was to show the <strong>item name</strong> and the URL for the <strong>tagged content item</strong>. While most of the implementation was straight forward chosen the right URL for the data source was a bit tricky.&nbsp;</p>
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<strong>Displaying the data with DDC</strong></p>
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We started of using the full URL including the host name. Since the REST call requires authentication this did not work since the LTPA token was not passed through. It turned out that it was good enough to just use the URI for the data source (uri=rm:empty?tmparam=tm:name:favorite&amp;scope=PERSONAL).</p>
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To pass the variables use the following snipped in the presentation template:</p>
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[Plugin:ListRenderingContext extension-id=&quot;ibm.portal.ddc.xml&quot; <em>attribute</em>=&quot;<strong>source=rm:empty</strong>&quot; <em>attribute1</em>=&quot;<strong>sourceParams=tmparam=tm:name:favorite&amp;scope=PERSONAL</strong>&quot; profile=&quot;<strong>ibm.portal.atom</strong>&quot;]</span></pre>
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Showing the item name was easy since we just had to read the &quot;title&quot; element. To read the URL to the content item we had to parse the following with the atom:entry:&nbsp;</p>
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<span class="tag">&lt;atom:link</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="atn">portal:uri</span><span class="pun">=</span><span class="atv">&quot;wcm:oid:f606e3ed-4713-4c04-90aa-b4aec4ef7eb8&quot;</span><span class="pln"> </span><strong><span class="atn">href</span></strong><span class="pun">=</span><span class="atv">&quot;/wps/mypoc/!ut/p/digest!xjnC7lOLx8yFeONXp6AB5w/wcm/oid:f606e3ed-4713-4c04-90aa-b4aec4ef7eb8&quot;</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="atn">type</span><span class="pun">=</span><span class="atv">&quot;text/html&quot;</span><span class="tag">/&gt;</span></p>
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To do that we added the following expression to the resource environment properties:<br />
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<strong>Name</strong>:&nbsp;atom.ItemAttribute.repliesLink<br />
<strong>Value</strong>:&nbsp;./atom:link[@type=&#39;text/html&#39;]/@href&nbsp;</p>
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The other option would have been to read the URI - in that case the Portal namespace needs to be added to the properties&nbsp;</p>
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<strong>Name</strong>:&nbsp;atom.NamespaceMapping.portal<br />
<strong>Value</strong>:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/prod/websphere/portal/v6.0.1/portal-model">http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/prod/websphere/portal/v6.0.1/portal-model</a></p>
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Open on the ToDo List is to implement the read operation also with DDC when someone is tagging an element.&nbsp;<br />
Thanks also to <a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/profiles/html/profileView.do?userid=060001WT3C&amp;lang=en" target="_blank">Thomas&nbsp;Steinheber</a> for his support during the implementation!</p>
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In one of my recent projects we had a requirement where a user should have the possibility to save &quot;favourites&quot;. In our case the item that the user should &quot;save&quot; was a WCM content item.&nbsp; To implement that functionality we decided to...414740urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-4d3ff0dc-72bf-4683-a261-0cb62dd77951Digital Data Connector2016-11-03T05:35:25-04:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-7998a78b-fa84-4a29-8652-b4fa5b2e4728How to render a list of colleagues in no timethomas.steinheber@de.ibm.com060001WT3Cactivefalse8422279e-6fe9-4534-9ea2-25f87e45434dComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2014-11-05T05:32:34-05:002014-11-05T05:32:34-05:00<p dir="ltr">
<strong><span style="font-size:22px;">How to render a list of colleagues in no time</span></strong></p>
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i just wanted to share how easy it is starting from the <a href="https://greenhouse.lotus.com/plugins/plugincatalog.nsf/assetDetails.xsp?action=editDocument&amp;documentId=666D72234CA1D57685257CEE0050009A">IBM&nbsp;Social&nbsp;Rendering&nbsp;Templates&nbsp;for&nbsp;Digital&nbsp;Data&nbsp;Connector</a>&nbsp;to come up with your own lists of social objects. Investigating the <a href="http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSHRKX_8.5.0/mp/social/soc_rendr_bean_lst_prvdr.dita">DDC&nbsp;profiles&nbsp;for&nbsp;Social&nbsp;Rendering</a>, you can investigate the various profiles that are already available for reuse.&nbsp;</p>
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I would like to show the ease of realizing a list of colleagues for a user that is currently logged in to your portal.&nbsp;<br />
This requires that you have the aforementioned IBM Social Rendering Templates installed and configured successfully.&nbsp;</p>
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To realize the list of colleagues requires only the existence of three items:</p>
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A URL that points to the feed of the colleagues for the user that is logged in</li>
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A List appearance that defines how the list of colleagues will look like</li>
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A Content Item that is bringing together three elements:</li>
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first the source of data mentioned in 1.</li>
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the ddc profile used to extract data from what is served by the data source</li>
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the design for defining the visual appearance mentioned in 2.&nbsp;</li>
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<strong><span style="font-size:18px;">Create a Data Source Serving the Colleagues Feed</span></strong></p>
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&nbsp;The data source that would serve the list of colleagues for the user that is currently logged in is very similar to the data source for the pending network invitations of the current user. Note that an additional parameter called &#39;outputType&#39; is provided which means that the contents will be served as profile entries. The final URL would look something like this:</p>
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http://&lt;yourserver&gt;/profiles/atom/connections.do?outputType=profile&amp;sortOrder=desc&amp;sortBy=title&amp;connectionType=colleague&amp;ps=150&amp;userid=8fd06c30-de54-40d9-9ee1-0ac01be0b198</p>
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<a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/8422279e-6fe9-4534-9ea2-25f87e45434d/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/mycolleaguesdatasource.png" style="width: 100%; display: inline-block;" target="_blank"><img alt="image" src="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/8422279e-6fe9-4534-9ea2-25f87e45434d/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/mycolleaguesdatasource.png" style="display: block; margin: 1em 0pt 0pt; float: left; width: 700px; height: 417px;" /></a></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:18px;">Create a List Appearance Defining the Visual Appearance of Your List of Colleagues</span></strong></p>
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As you want to control the look and feel of your list of colleagues, a new appearance will be created. You could for instance start of from the list of network invitations appearance component and alter it respectively. This is basically what i have done:</p>
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<a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/8422279e-6fe9-4534-9ea2-25f87e45434d/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/mycolleagueslistappearance.png" style="width: 100%; display: inline-block;" target="_blank"><img alt="image" src="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/8422279e-6fe9-4534-9ea2-25f87e45434d/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/mycolleagueslistappearance.png" style="display: block; margin: 1em 0pt 0pt; float: left; width: 700px; height: 634px;" /></a></p>
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I did change the result design however to a newly created HTML Component representing a stripped down version of the user profile entry:</p>
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<a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/8422279e-6fe9-4534-9ea2-25f87e45434d/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/mycolleaguesuserprofileentry.png" style="width: 100%; display: inline-block;" target="_blank"><img alt="image" src="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/8422279e-6fe9-4534-9ea2-25f87e45434d/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/mycolleaguesuserprofileentry.png" style="display: block; margin: 1em 0pt 0pt; float: left; width: 700px; height: 653px;" /></a></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:18px;">Create a Content Item bringing things together</span></strong></p>
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Now that we have all at hand, the data source as well as the design component for the list of colleagues, the last step to perform is to create a content item that is making use of all this. Again you could copy one of the existing content items and alter the fields to represent what we have created here.&nbsp;</p>
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In short the following content item comprises:</p>
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the newly created design component that controls the visual appearance of the list of colleagues</li>
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the data source that is providing the url to the colleagues feed</li>
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the list rendering profile &#39;ibm.portal.sr.profiles&#39; . This profile provides access to all details of a given user which goes beyond what is provided by the profile for network invitations for instance.<br />
You can use this profile due to the fact that in the data source that provides the URL to the connections feed, the outputType=profile parameter is explicitly set.&nbsp;</li>
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<a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/8422279e-6fe9-4534-9ea2-25f87e45434d/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/mycolleaguescontentitem.png" style="width: 100%; display: inline-block;" target="_blank"><img alt="image" src="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/8422279e-6fe9-4534-9ea2-25f87e45434d/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/mycolleaguescontentitem.png" style="display: block; margin: 1em 0pt 0pt; float: left; width: 700px; height: 729px;" /></a></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:18px;">Enjoy Your List of Colleagues</span></strong></p>
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So this is how the list of colleagues looks like after roughly half an hour.&nbsp;<br />
<a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/8422279e-6fe9-4534-9ea2-25f87e45434d/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/mycolleaguesresult.png" style="width: 100%; display: inline-block;" target="_blank"><img alt="image" src="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/8422279e-6fe9-4534-9ea2-25f87e45434d/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/mycolleaguesresult.png" style="display: block; margin: 1em 0pt 0pt; float: left; width: 700px; height: 338px;" /></a></p>
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How to render a list of colleagues in no time i just wanted to share how easy it is starting from the IBM&nbsp;Social&nbsp;Rendering&nbsp;Templates&nbsp;for&nbsp;Digital&nbsp;Data&nbsp;Connector &nbsp;to come up with your own lists of social objects....102392urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-4d3ff0dc-72bf-4683-a261-0cb62dd77951Digital Data Connector2016-11-03T05:35:25-04:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-a35e3efe-5459-4f4e-b184-5b20d5e7d0f7Update of the IBM Social Rendering Templates for Digital Data ConnectorMatthias_Falkenberg060001S5C2activefalse8422279e-6fe9-4534-9ea2-25f87e45434dComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2014-10-27T18:23:09-04:002014-10-27T18:23:09-04:00<p dir="ltr">
This is to inform you about the latest update of the <strong>IBM Social Rendering Templates for Digital Data Connector</strong>. Right on time for the start of the IBM Digital Experience conference in D&uuml;sseldorf (see also&nbsp;<a href="http://www-304.ibm.com/services/learning/ites.wss/zz/en?pageType=page&amp;c=B213862F91252E53">http://www-304.ibm.com/services/learning/ites.wss/zz/en?pageType=page&amp;c=B213862F91252E53</a>)&nbsp;and the release of IBM WebSphere Portal V8.5 CF03, the IBM team has updated this solution. It is available from the Collaboration Solutions Catalog at <a href="https://greenhouse.lotus.com/plugins/plugincatalog.nsf/assetDetails.xsp?action=editDocument&amp;documentId=666D72234CA1D57685257CEE0050009A">https://greenhouse.lotus.com/plugins/plugincatalog.nsf/assetDetails.xsp?action=editDocument&amp;documentId=666D72234CA1D57685257CEE0050009A</a>.</p>
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Apart from a few bug fixes, this update includes details pages for Forum Topics and Blog Posts. Additionally, the IBM team has documented a number of list-rendering profiles to explicitly allow you to extend them when creating your own profiles.&nbsp;</div>
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And if you use the templates with the latest release of IBM WebSphere Portal, you can also enjoy the integration of the IBM Connections Cloud including the @mentions feature.</div>
This is to inform you about the latest update of the IBM Social Rendering Templates for Digital Data Connector . Right on time for the start of the IBM Digital Experience conference in D&uuml;sseldorf (see also&nbsp; http://www-304.ibm.com/services/learning/it...201742urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-4d3ff0dc-72bf-4683-a261-0cb62dd77951Digital Data Connector2016-11-03T05:35:25-04:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-2f60dce3-21c3-42b6-9959-c08a53b1d755"Local Files" - Custom DDC Plugin Example available now!thomas.steinheber@de.ibm.com060001WT3CactivefalseDieter Buehler110000M0YCactivefalse8422279e-6fe9-4534-9ea2-25f87e45434dComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2014-08-04T03:20:44-04:002014-08-04T04:30:56-04:00<div class="entryContentContainer blogsWrapText" dir="ltr" role="article">
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We are happy to share that our next sample for Digital Data Connector is available.</p>
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While DDC provides built-in support for consuming remote XML data, this sample shows how to write a custom DDC plugin to integrate arbitrary data sources.</p>
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The sample enumerates files and folders found on the local file system.</p>
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Once deployed, site designers can visualize this information on your portal pages using their WCM presentation components of choice. The Web Content Library contained in this sample shows how to transform the information exposed by the DDC plugin into markup rendered on your portal pages.</div>
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Please check out the sample available on the <a href="https://developer.ibm.com/digexp/samples-open-source">digitalExperience&nbsp;Developer&nbsp;sample&nbsp;site</a>.</p>
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Comments and feedback is highly appreciated.</p>
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We are happy to share that our next sample for Digital Data Connector is available. &nbsp; While DDC provides built-in support for consuming remote XML data, this sample shows how to write a custom DDC plugin to integrate arbitrary data sources. The sample...403209urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-4d3ff0dc-72bf-4683-a261-0cb62dd77951Digital Data Connector2016-11-03T05:35:25-04:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-eac2af88-89b2-4d15-8392-9478ff091902IBM Social Rendering Templates for Digital Data Connector availablestep.laertz060000RY9XactivefalseDieter Buehler110000M0YCactivefalse8422279e-6fe9-4534-9ea2-25f87e45434dComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2014-06-10T04:59:14-04:002014-06-24T16:06:48-04:00<p dir="ltr">
I&#39;m pleased to announce the shipment of the IBM Social Rendering Templates for Digital Data Connector on the IBM Solutions Catalog<br />
<a href="https://greenhouse.lotus.com/plugins/plugincatalog.nsf/assetDetails.xsp?action=editDocument&amp;documentId=666D72234CA1D57685257CEE0050009A" target="_blank">https://greenhouse.lotus.com/plugins/plugincatalog.nsf/assetDetails.xsp?action=editDocument&amp;documentId=666D72234CA1D57685257CEE0050009A</a></p>
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The Social Rendering Templates for DDC package supports WebSphere Portal 8.5 and 8.0.0.1 and provides customers and developers with samples that demonstrate how to use WCM and DDC to further extend the Social integration beyond of what we shipped with Social Rendering in 8.5. These templates not only show how to render more social lists and details of social data from IBM Connections but also proves how to use DDC to build UI&#39;s that allow interaction with this data (i.e like, comment, create blog post, forum topic and more)..</p>
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You may also want to have a look at a corresponding <a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/groups/service/html/communityview?communityUuid=8422279e-6fe9-4534-9ea2-25f87e45434d#fullpageWidgetId=Waef3f9c5fef8_4f5e_ac02_a22e30c14d09&amp;file=5b9088b0-4410-449f-8bc8-1c1483a62be1">feature&nbsp;slide&nbsp;deck</a> and <a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/groups/service/html/communityview?communityUuid=8422279e-6fe9-4534-9ea2-25f87e45434d#fullpageWidgetId=Waef3f9c5fef8_4f5e_ac02_a22e30c14d09&amp;file=34142bd6-3cb0-4251-8470-420c33aba312" target="_blank">this&nbsp;short&nbsp;video</a> that shows what can be achieved with these templates.</p>
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I&#39;m pleased to announce the shipment of the IBM Social Rendering Templates for Digital Data Connector on the IBM Solutions Catalog https://greenhouse.lotus.com/plugins/plugincatalog.nsf/assetDetails.xsp?action=editDocument&amp;documentId=666D72234CA1D57685...245810urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-4d3ff0dc-72bf-4683-a261-0cb62dd77951Digital Data Connector2016-11-03T05:35:25-04:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-65fadd59-31f3-48f5-a46a-41288ed4cf79RSS Sample for IBM Digital Data Connector availablethomas.steinheber@de.ibm.com060001WT3Cactivefalsethomas.steinheber@de.ibm.com060001WT3Cactivefalse8422279e-6fe9-4534-9ea2-25f87e45434dComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2014-06-05T11:39:31-04:002014-06-05T11:40:01-04:00<p dir="ltr" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">
The IBM WebSphere Portal and Web Content Manager starting from version 8.0.0.1 CF11 on offers you the Digital Data Connector framework to display external data on your portal pages. It uses IBM Web Content Manager (WCM) presentation components to render any kind of data that does not need to be stored in WCM.</p>
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We are glad to provide a first sample that makes use of this framework to render data served by RSS feeds in the context of your portal pages without the need for writing lines of code.&nbsp;</p>
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Because DDC uses WCM presentation components to generate the web page markup, the visual appearance of the integrated data can be fully controlled by your site designers. Hence, it has never been easier to render external data in a way that is consistent with the corporate design of your overall web site.&nbsp;</p>
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Site designers can also perform updates to the presentation components in the scope of a project. The portal makes sure that all updates are kept in draft stage until all updates performed in the project are approved and finally published. The presentation components used by this DDC sample are managed in the same way as your other WCM content and design components. This implies that you can use the full set of WCM data management facilities including syndication, versioning, workflow, and targeting.</p>
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Please check out the sample available on the <a href="https://developer.ibm.com/digexp/samples-open-source">digitalExperience&nbsp;Developer&nbsp;sample&nbsp;site</a>.&nbsp;</p>
The IBM WebSphere Portal and Web Content Manager starting from version 8.0.0.1 CF11 on offers you the Digital Data Connector framework to display external data on your portal pages. It uses IBM Web Content Manager (WCM) presentation components to render any...203607urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-4d3ff0dc-72bf-4683-a261-0cb62dd77951Digital Data Connector2016-11-03T05:35:25-04:00